OT: Continental Announces Inflight Entertainment Expansion, New And Improved Web Check-in Features
May 06, 04 / 5:14 pm
Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced several new additions to its convenient online check-in service for customers choosing to print their own boarding passes before they arrive at the airport. Starting today, any customer using continental.com check-in can print out a coupon for a free headset to use for viewing Continentals complimentary inflight entertainment. Further, customers are now able to print a receipt for a ticket purchase along with the boarding pass, matching the ease of using Continentals acclaimed eService Center kiosks at the airport. Checking in online gives customers everything they need to get through security and head straight to the gate.
"Were continuing to add features to our continental.com check-in, the fastest and easiest way to check in for a Continental Airlines flight," a Continental spokesperson said. "Continental.com check-in allows customers with or without bags to check in within thirty hours of departure, review or change seat assignments or frequent flyer numbers, print boarding passes and receipts, and now a coupon to enjoy our excellent selection of inflight audio and visual programming - all from the comfort of home or an office."
Continentals inflight entertainment service features a variety of music, full-length films and the popular Continental Visions, an array of shorter video segments including sitcoms, news and other informative shows. Inflight entertainment is updated monthly on all 240 of Continentals video-equipped aircraft. In July, Continental will increase the number of flights showing feature films by 10 percent.
The free headset offer applies to all customers checking in online that have at least one of their flights scheduled on a video-equipped aircraft with a flight duration of 1.5 hours or more.
Continental Airlines is the worlds sixth-largest airline with more than 2,800 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Continental serves 149 domestic and 117 international destinations - more than any other airline in the world - and nearly 200 additional points are served via codeshare partner airlines. With 41,000 mainline employees, the airline has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and carries approximately 51 million passengers per year. FORTUNE ranks Continental one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America, an honor it has earned for six consecutive years. FORTUNE also ranks Continental as the top airline in its Most Admired Global Companies in 2004. For more company information, visit continental.com
